The Expendables

Can't believe people thought the first one was awesome, it was terrible. It was barely an action movie apart from the first bit and the last bit.

Look at the best action films - they're a sequence of set pieces. Terminator 2 is the best example IMO. The mall bit, the motorbike chase, the blowing up of the headquarters, the helicopter/truck chase, the factory finale.

Expendables didn't do this. it was all build-up to the finale, and it sucked. A good action film should suck but in a different way.

Well, I'm looking forward to the sequel. Yes, the first one took itself too seriously - wasn't really what I expected...
But still I liked it - found it really refreshing. You don't get a lot of simple good-guys-kick-some-bad-guys-asses kind of action movies these days...right? No drama, no tragedy, happy end, yipee!